Auril, the Frostmaiden | D&D Deities and Demigods | Forgotten Realms Lore | The Dungeoncast Ep.377

William and Brian cool things down with frosty lore from the Forgotten Realms. Known by many names, Auril The Frostmaiden serves as an evil diety of winter that demands harsh sacrifice from her followers, bringing harsh storms of ice and snow to any place she travels. Find out how cold she can really be this week on The Dungeoncast!
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[@cameronpearce5943]

I have a great Auril story. Minor spoilers for Rime of the Frostmaiden. We’d just fought a sledgehammer wielding Tomb Tapper in the Mythalar chamber. Suddenly the room grows deathly cold. Due the a party members betrayal Auril had been summoned early to the tomb and we had a round to prepare. I can’t animate objects on a few coins and one other objects, and the icy goddess appears before us, silently watching. My wizard steps forward to face this figure that had plagued us ever since we prevented a sacrifice in her name. “Auril, after so long, I think it’s time we break the ice” and *WHAM* nail her in the face with the tomb tappers animated sledgehammer (plays the Eric Andrea We’ll Be Right Back jingle or the JoJo’s To Be Continuer bit). Needless to say she was out for blood after that which conveniently kept her attention off of our Artifacer and Cleric who carried us during that fight. All according to plan :3

[@cameronmurrell-byrd7738]

Don't be surprised if this video gets a "cold" reception!

[@LittleCrowYT]

Can I just say I love the artwork thrown in when describing the forms she takes. I'm new to the channel but I'm fairly certain that's new? As a very visual person I really appreciate y'all adding in artwork for these KZbin videos. Thank you.

[@victorlong8828]

God I would love an episode on the spellplague

[@bobobobobo9355]

Playing this campaign now. Last week we encounter auril for the first time with some minions. I got to use my white Dragonborn rune knight to suplex auril off a 30 ft cliff and the action surged to hit her with a flying elbow drop. It didn’t ultimately do much to her but the dm rping her as just bewildered that anyone would dare try this on her was funny

[@priess0]

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[@jamesgordon364]

In our game the enlightened giant walrus had a Jamaican accent and was really saucy

[@garrettlaturski6703]

My brother got stuck in a snowdrift for hours. Luckily, he was going to a dog sledding competition, so he was surrounded by dogs to keep him warm.

[@Ekair42]

Sso you're implying that auril likes dogs and its owners

[@garrettlaturski6703]

@Ekair42 No, if she did, he wouldn't have been stuck in a snowdrift.

[@dakotasir9849]

Sooner or later you're going to have to get real familiar with the smell of dog piss

[@notjohnbrown6740]

​@@garrettlaturski6703 She didn't want them leaving too soon.

[@44naya]

Are the clerics of Auril mandated to say "Auril-y?" at the end of all encounters?

[@BuboStabbins]

"Because we are playing 4th edition." I am actually stunned........... as someone who went from 3rd, to 4th, then on to 5th all as a Dm....... wow. That's going to haunt me.

[@Thedungeoncast]

I play in both a 4e and a 5e game. I am also running two 5e games.

[@BuboStabbins]

@@Thedungeoncast I see your fellow DM card and respect it. Tho that doesn't make mmo combat system they tried to push in 4e any less nightmare enducing. New player: I want to hit him with my sword! DM: that's not an option, you have to use one of your at-will powers. Player: but I just wanna do a normal sword swing. DM: sorry it says here you can only do that with 'insert over the top encounter power explanation" Player: Well that's kinda dumb huh? DM: You truly have no clue.

[@LoreMaster1997]

I don't remember if I guessed last time but I guess 350 Dice and Blue like Wills favorite dragon color

[@carminegraves]

thank you for adding pictures

[@isakmoss3805]

Nothing to do with Auril, but the wife and I are trying to start reading more books this year and I snagged a copy of name of the wind because I remembered William talking about it. So far really loving it! So thank you for the inadvertent suggestion my man :) (also icewind dale is one of my favorites)

[@jdrvargo287]

In a lot of ways, she reminds me of The Cailleach (pr: Call-ahk), The hag of winter, from Irish mythology. Both are winter goddesses, both have a giant owl form, etc. The main difference is that Auril is young and attractive instead of old, and, rather than being evil, The Cailleach can be good or evil based on her mood (chaotic neutral, I guess?).

[@dakotasir9849]

Great as always guys, love the different things you've been doing

[@Walupof]

My name is Auril! (Yeah!) I'm mean and cold! (Yeah!) You can't defy me! (Yeah!) No one's that bold! ROLL CALL! And that is the Rhyme of the Frost Maiden!

[@jackfarley9730]

Please do a spell plague episode!

[@KingLlamaYTTTV]

I love your videos I have been listening for the past like month and have learned a lot and actually made my first campaign under 2 weeks and I’m so like overwhelmed of course with how hard it is to make a campaign because I’m so detailed on my stories and side quest and just weapon merchants and just so much stuff I have done under 2 weeks however the reason why i made the campaign under 2 weeks I was just so eager on making it and letting people join and how I made the world so big and just a lot of things in it of course but I do know now it takes longer to actually prepare the campaign that’s for sure depending on how deep and how big the world is but my world is pretty big of course it’s connected on continuing the campaign but I really have learned so much from you two I am absolutely grateful on both of your knowledge thank you so much for sharing your Dungeon master guidance spell (inside joke) thank you again! I subscribed and hope you read this!

[@joshwilliams2330]

I am fairly new to your guys' channel but I love the episodes! Keep up the awesome work.

[@OutlawKing13MistaJ]

Almost have a chunk of charitable contributions

[@duanebradway1627]

Hey guys. Love your stuff. I've been watching for a while now. I haven't watched all of it, but I am working my way through. I think it is really funny the way you tear down AO sometimes. It is true, though, that he is a fallible creature. Even though he is an overgod, he isn't the only one. He has dominion over some crystal spheres, but not all of them. He has equals like IO (Asgorath) who can even invade his domain when they choose. This is similar to Mystra and her control over the weave. The weave is just one type of magic in D&D. As an example, any of the power word spells come from a different form of magic not tied to the weave. I am currently building a world in a crystal sphere ruled over by an Overgod that thinks AO is a joke with limited potential that causes all the problems he deals with. This world is a very high magic / high tech world where potential and improvement are met with balance. All that said. I think you guys do a great job. Your info on the show reflects all the hard hours of research you do.

[@clays8277]

Conyest guess: 500 dice, purple most common, 70 purple

[@brentnall1]

280 dice; most common color blue at 40

[@MrBudPuphin]

Contest guess. 76 dice in the jar

[@jackfarley9730]

Also maybe a 4th edition lore episode?

[@mattcasselberry1542]

Yooo I got a comment read 😎 thanks guys❤

[@OutlawKing13MistaJ]

I wouldn't want to be a foreigner in Faerune. Deity is cold as ice, willing to sacrifice your love. And I don't think she will pay the price someday.

[@christopherchilton-smith6482]

The first 30 seconds of this video activated my social anxiety 😂.

[@ShepherdDruid]

I'm guessing 842 dice and there's 69 red dice

[@falfires]

Chilliam and *Brime* (pronounced Brian) Can't believe you didn't stumble upon that one.

[@Mr_GoR_]

Chilliam and BRRRRRRian

[@draelon]

T-shirt weather…. I’m in Ohio, and wear UA T-Shirts & Shorts year round…. Even outside (with a sweatshirt). I throw on pants maybe a few times a year to use power-tools (like a chainsaw) or run our snow plow… light dusts I just throw on a backpack blower (in shorts) for a bit. Hah!

[@draelon]

@@JC500 Whoa, whoa…. I didn’t get to that part yet. FIRST, there was the part where I tipped my fedora!

[@bobobobobo9355]

Chilliam and Burrryan

[@bencox3641]

The one evil god that we can actually use in real life!

[@tordelray]

2nd dice guess 718 most blue 130

[@xicarus8141]

I'm guessing 191 dice and 60 blue dice!:)

[@mulgra]

Ahhh, no Auril stats? Sad times

[@MultiMaikimaik]

Turtle named Salbert

[@mikejohnson5405]

Dice guess. 725 dice. blue dice 142

[@TexasBlade]

Hummm… Icewind dale. As a Drizzt fan, I wonder if there is an explanation for Auril not being a factor in those books… or maybe she is mentioned and I just don’t remember… it has been a bit since I did a full re-listen of the series.

[@prestongarner8796]

I wish for six edition of DND.

[@theodobson7757]

Sounds like my ex gf

[@thomasshirley318]

We want videos in the same format as " The tragedy of Zariel the Fallen". We want more videos like that. Your channel gets on average 5k views per video. That one hit 65k

[@Thedungeoncast]

We are working on another D&D Legends video. It will take some time to produce though.

[@thomasshirley318]

​@@Thedungeoncastfuck yes!!!! That's the amazing content we want. You're numbers will explode with these videos